Hilary Calvert

Hilary Jane Calvert[1] (born 5 October 1954) is a lawyer and a former member of the New Zealand parliament for the ACT Party.

[3] Before entering Parliament, Calvert was a Dunedin-based lawyer who specialising in property law.

[6] In the 2008 general election she was placed number six on the ACT party list and stood in the Dunedin North electorate where she got 1.8% of the votes.

[7] David Garrett resigned as an ACT list MP over a passport controversy on 17 September 2010.

[8] Garrett then resigned from Parliament on 23 September 2010 and Calvert was declared elected to the House of Representatives the next day.